Alleviates everything on most days (6)
I believe the answer is:
allays
'alleviates' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'everything on most days' is the wordplay.
'everything' becomes 'all' (all things).
'on' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'most' means to remove the first letter.
'days' with its initial letter taken off is 'ays'.
'all'+'ays'='ALLAYS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for allays that I've seen before include "Puts at rest, say fears" , "Diminishes or puts at rest" , "Calms" , "Assuages, eases" , "Soothes, eases" .)